/**
 * Copyright 2007-2008 Vidar Svansson
 *     
 * This file is part of JAdapter.
 * 
 * JAdapter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * JAdapter is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with JAdapter.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package org.jadapter;

/**
 * This interface is used to specify the generic type parameters of 
 * components that are not available at runtime due to erasure.
 * 
 * @author Vidar Svansson
 *
 * @param <I> the provided type of this factory, the "interface".
 * @param <C> the supported input, the "context".
 * 
 * @since 0.1
 */
public interface ComponentFactory<I,C> {

    /**
     * 
     * @return the class C, the supported input to this factory.
     */
    public Class<C> context();
    
    /**
     * 
     * @return the class I, the type provided by this factory.
     */
    public Class<I> provides();
    
}
